(14 Apr 2022, 6:30 pm)Storx wrote Morpeth is one of those places that on paper DRT would really work well. You'll never get a local bus network to work as like you've said everything is so badly designed.

It would work quite well imo connecting at Morpeth Bus station so you can catch the Newcastle expresses, 35 or 2 to wherever you want to go. Hexham is similar where most the Tynedale Links town services are a bit pointless and arguably would be better with a DRT. It's better than 2 hourly token service either way.

Could even extend it out to some of the villages like Mitford and Hepscott which don't really have a service at all.

I think it's getting to a point where the majority of South East Northumberland would benefit from DRT. The likes of Cambois, Linton, Hepscott and Stannington obviously have very poor connectivity, then there's huge estates in Cramlington, Morpeth, Blyth and Ashington that have no service whatsoever. I've tried planning routes from the newest Ashington and Bedlington estates but it's difficult without running more vehicles or inconveniencing others by looping around estates for 5 minutes.

A DRT service in South East Northumberland could also ease pressure from a lot of the core routes, too.